KARACHI: A World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-trained fisherman, fishing in the offshore waters of Sindh, reported the occurrence of a waterspout on Monday. Captain Saeed Zaman reported to have experienced this rare phenomenon while he was fishing for tuna about 57 nautical miles from the coastline in offshore waters at Ghora Bari, Sindh coast. He recorded the […]
In Katowice, Poland — where the annual climate change conference (COP24) was held in December 2018, there was a big but silent breakthrough. The biggest achievement of this year’s conference was the agreement of a global rulebook on implementing the Paris Agreement. These rules will, therefore, govern how the world is supposed to act collectively […]
LAHORE: The Punjab Wildlife Protection and Parks Department has decided to computerise the data of all animals and birds in zoos and breeding centres across the province through electronic tagging. The move aims to prevent the illegal smuggling of these rare creatures. In the first phase, e-tags will be put on animals and birds being kept […]
ISLAMABAD: Measures are being taken to ensure the rights of people with disabilities, the minister for human rights said at the second meeting of the national committee constituted to implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on Tuesday. Dr Shireen Mazari said at the meeting that her office was […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Tuesday disposed of as not maintainable two identical petitions against the district administration’s move to demolish buildings of the local press club and an Islamic centre standing on the lands of different parks. A two-member bench comprising Justice Mohammad Shafi Siddiq and Justice Rasheed Ahmed Soomro took […]
LAHORE: The Alhamra Arts Council has paid a magnificent tribute to the legendary artist Madam Noor Jehan, stated a press release. The evening was held in remembrance of the late star, who was also given the honourable title of Malika-e-Tarannum, the Queen of Melody. Noor Jahan contributed immensely to the showbiz industry; not only as a […]
QUETTA: Adviser to the Balochistan Chief Minister on Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs Abdul Khaliq Hazara has highlighted the importance of media in the development of society, saying the face of Pakistani media is being changed and women are the catalyst of this transformation. “The media-persons always work with devotion and highlight the issues faced by […]
PESHAWAR: The federal government has started work on documentation of sustainable and unsustainable forests and other allied resources on pilot basis in Mansehra district besides rehabilitation of 5,000 hectares of degraded land, which would be achieved through massive plantations under ‘Plant for Pakistan’ initiative of Prime Minister Imran Khan. All sustainable and un-sustainable forest resources including […]
Social media has certainly created a lot of chaos and anarchy all across the world with a flood of fake or manipulated “news.” It will still not stop a person like me, who did nothing but full-time journalism for three decades, to admit that in countries like Pakistan “citizen journalists,” always beat us when it […]
Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe has expressed concern over the internet shutdown in Zimbabwe since January 15, 2019. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter, has denounced this restriction of internet in the country and called on the government of Zimbabwe to stop targeting public […]
Karachi-The inaugural Architecture Design Art (ADA) Awards were held at the Sindh Governor House. The awards ceremony set new precedents by focusing on excellence and innovation within the field of design, arts and architecture. President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi graced the occasion as the chief guest of the show. The Award show was hosted by […]
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has established a Cyber Vigilance Division (CVD) to handle complaints against unlawful online content under Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). In order to handle this role, PTA has also developed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for lodging complaints and their disposal has been developed accordingly. All content hosted on unsecured websites […]
The Sindh government has announced that it will develop the first urban forest of the province in Karachi in order to combat the adverse effects of climate change. Sindh Minister for Forest and Wildlife Syed Nasir Hussain Shah discussed the plan of the urban forest while chairing a meeting of the forest department on Sunday. […]
SHIKARPUR – Significance of the technology has become more and more with the increasing competition between men and machines, but the ultimate victory always goes to the men. These views were expressed by Sukkur IBA University Vice Chancellor Prof Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui while addressing the participants of SIBACOM-2019. This is the flagship event of Sukkur […]
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